Gerry Adams and Sinn Féin are trying to stifle debate in Belfast's media, writes Anthony McIntyre Gerry Adams of Sinn Féin is the current Westminster MP for West Belfast. For decades he rightly campaigned against censorship policies crafted by...
Journalist Ibrahim Eissa faces a prison sentence for his criticism of President Mubarak. The government’s intention to intimidate the free press is all too clear, writes Amira Howeidy On 26 March a Cairo court sentenced Ibrahim Eissa, editor of the...
Is Chechnya’s President Kadyrov welcome in the country’s journalists’ union or not, asks Anna Sevortian On the 5 March Ramzan Kadyrov, the president of Chechnya, was inducted into the Union of Journalists of Chechnya, which is part of the Russian...
Threats to reporters from government and criminals are making investigative journalism impossible, writes Deborah Bonello In February this year, the car of Mexican journalist Estrada Zamora was found empty on the side of the road in the southern...
The change of government owed a great deal to Internet activism, with bloggers even taking parliamentary seats, writes David Jardine Malaysia’s stunning election results of 8 March, which have seen the 40-year-long two-thirds majority of the ruling...
The repeal of the blasphemy laws could be a Pyrrhic victory if other laws are used to provide greater protection for religion, writes Padraig Reidy Secularist groups greeted the first step in the repeal of the blasphemy laws with delight last week....
Proponents of a ban on 'extreme pornography' are looking increasingly desperate in their attempts to push their plan through Parliament, writes Julian Petley Faced with a rising tide of opposition in the Lords, the government dropped yet more parts...
On 4 March, to mark the publication of its latest issue, 'How Free is the Russian Media?', Index on Censorship hosted a discussion in London and Moscow on the future of the Russian media under President Medvedev. The discussion featured John...
The murder of Shahab Al-Tamimi highlights the difficulties faced by Iraqis trying to build a free press and civil society, say Dave Anderson and Gary Kent Are we becoming inured to the murders of journalists and civil society leaders in Iraq? The...
The imprisonment of journalist Bersihar Lubis shows how colonial-era laws are being used to stifle historical debate in Indonesia, writes David Jardine Alarm bells have been ringing among Indonesian media after a late February verdict against...